BC RESEARCH INC.

$1,891,896.00 CAD

≈ 24 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Natural Resources Canada
Program
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2017-2018
Agreement period
November 7, 2017 – March 31, 2019
Reference
nrcan-rncan:115-2018-2019-Q2-07083

Published purpose

The purpose of the agreement is to support the development of hybrid spill treating agents to be used as rapid response agents to combat marine oil spills at large scale. The resulting agents would have both herding and gelling properties against a wide range of petroleum products ranging from gasoline to heavy oils such as diluted bitumen.

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